Freezing Pulse
Sometimes a spellcaster just needs crowd control. When beset by a hostile throng, masters of ice magic frequently employ the deadly Freezing Pulse. The spell pierces easily through the thickest hide and the toughest armor, spinning and freezing in an icy whirl until it impacts a distant target. The Pulse is at peak strength when it's cast, so it has the greatest effect on enemies that are right up next to the caster. Of course, these are also the enemies presenting the most threat, and they are left frozen solid or slain outright.
Freezing Pulse is a cold spell, launching a short-ranged projectile which passes through enemies with a chance of freezing them.
Skill Functions and Interactions
Area of Effect: AoE increases have no effect on Freezing Pulse.
Automatic Piercing: Freezing Pulse has a 100% chance to pierce enemies, but cannot travel through terrain obstacles. Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Pierce" has no effect.
Projectile Speed: The Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Faster Projectiles" support and x% increased Projectile Speed mods will affect Freezing Pulse, causing it to travel farther before it dissipates, effectively increasing its range. Freezing Pulse modified by projectile speed will cause more damage and have a better chance to freeze at every point along its trajectory than a slower Freezing Pulse projectile would, because it has had less time to dissipate.
Multiple Projectiles: When combined with Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Lesser Multiple Projectiles"/Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Greater Multiple Projectiles" supports, Freezing Pulse projectiles can overlap, effectively creating a wave of waves, depending on how tightly the skill is focused. When hit by more than one wave at the same time, monsters take damage from every wave that passes through them.
Fork: The Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Fork" support gem will cost extra mana, however it has no effect due to Freezing Pulse's 100% Pierce chance. Please see the projectiles page for more information on this projectile behaviour.
Gem level progression
Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 1 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 4 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 70 |- ! 2 | 2 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 5 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 308 |- ! 3 | 4 || 16 || 5 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 2,560 |- ! 4 | 8 || 25 || 6 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 8,813 |- ! 5 | 12 || 33 || 7 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 22,895 |- ! 6 | 16 || 41 || 8 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 68,427 |- ! 7 | 21 || 52 || 9 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 150,439 |- ! 8 | 26 || 62 || 10 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 581,328 |- ! 9 | 32 || 75 || 11 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 566,989 |- ! 10 | 38 || 88 || 16 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 1,143,783 |- ! 11 | 42 || 96 || 17 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 1,426,490 |- ! 12 | 46 || 104 || 18 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 2,737,323 |- ! 13 | 49 || 111 || 19 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 3,289,072 |- ! 14 | 52 || 117 || 20 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 3,351,223 |- ! 15 | 55 || 123 || 21 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 9,936,267 |- ! 16 | 58 || 130 || 22 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 21,346,397 |- ! 17 | 61 || 136 || 22 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 50,694,186 |- ! 18 | 64 || 142 || 22 || 218-327 || 90,050,815 |- ! 19 | 66 || 146 || 23 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 147,034,823 |- ! 20 | 68 || 151 || 23 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 21 | 68 || 151 || 23 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 68 || 151 || 24 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 68 || 151 || 24 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 68 || 151 || 24 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 68 || 151 || 25 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 68 || 151 || 25 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 68 || 151 || 25 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}
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